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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1969
Page
2
Two columns of regular North Vietnamese troops moved into South Vietnam from the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday and overran two U.S. outposts, killing or wounding more than 100 Marines. Remnants of the Marine units withdrew to new positions.
In dawn fighting north of the buffer zone, at least 19 Marines were killed and 91 wounded while 17 North Vietnamese soldiers died in one camp. The clash represented the deadliest American day in two months and the highest Marine toll in six months.
A devastating tornado tore through nine miles of suburban Cincinnati causes four deaths and forces about 460 families from their homes. About 525 housing units and many businesses were destroyed including 25 homes and 350 apartments. A young woman and two sons were found dead in rubble and a further woman died from car damage. The storm injured 235, with 17 hospitalized.
A Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop James P. Shannon who resigned over birth control ban married Ruth Wilkinson a divorced secretary in Endicott New York. The wedding on August 2 raises questions of his status and excommunication from Rome while Shannon plans to teach at St Johns College Santa Fe New Mexico.
East German Foreign Minister Otto Winter sent a report and letter to U Thant alleging West Germany develops and mass produces chemical and wireless warfare weapons and stores poison gas in West Germany. Berlin disputes say West Germany only makes materials usable for defense. U.S. gas storage confirmed.
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